ENTERTAINMENTS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

GEORGE WltaOliftSßY PRAMATIO ■GOSIPAJf*. Mi - . Georgo AViiloughby's "Beggar Girl" Dramatic Oonjparij is duo herb to speft on Monday next in tho Opeta Mouss, The seenery for some, timo now has been a great .feature of tho George Willoughby .pfod-uetiairs, and coniniend* ably so, as Mr, John & 'Mantt, whoin tho fifni brought from Amcficij, ;ie pno of tho most .pa.ijiste.king. artists iit tho profession. The box plan will open a-t the Dresden on f hwsda.v, and day sales nisy be obtained at Chrisfcsoli'-s. THE DEFAULT CONCERTS. Tho -first concert oJtho Pajil Du.faujt season, will at tho Town Hall to-morrow mght, when tho great tenor bids fair to reeewo an enthusiastic, wolconve on Us. first appearance in this city; as a star. The .remaining throe concerts will he given at tho Opera Houso on the fallowing TbUrsdax, Friday, and day, A magnificent progrninjrtG Jias becu. prepared. Mr. Dufstift will $jivg the gir-eat tenor tho, prayer fro.m "ho Old," and. mimefees French.'and English ballads, including a half dozen 6b the tender lov.o pieces which ho sings with such inimitable- ehafm. Owing to jnn-uiiverffhlc; reduests,, "'liivicttis'' will also be ■i.ncfoitfca. With Miss iPaftlino. Biijdley., the eopMno of the. Company, Jlr, D-uffiult will sing the delightful duet,. ''-J-t Was a Lover and His hiss-l" Jn axldjtjb.n to iM-iss.- , B.iivclfcv., Mr; Dufault will bo -assisted .'by Ef-nest Toy, vicli.nist, aiid Harold WhKiie., pianist., Tim box plans aro now o.poni at th» Dresden, TJio first concert .of the 'Paul D-ufnult, ■series, which is to bo held in the- Town Hall to-morrow nig'hj, is undsr the auspieesof the Royal Wdlingtoa Choral Society, HIS MAJEStWtH-EATBE , , Ths centiuued pepuiarity of jfaudcvillo wiis a-gaiii cselftplified at His Majesty's. Theatro last evening, when a, change programme attfaeted a large iMeiidimco. Amongst tho artists Who made a first appea-ranco vieve- Largey .and Sr.ec., specialists, wlro coiltributed a number of catchy songs, intersparsed \vit:h lively patter. ' Their ifoi'k is crisp and bright, and they Jra-d a frrtaidly veception. Another pair of new -arrivals who were woli received are tho K-i-mbell JJrotlicfe. They eontrrhutecf, a rag-time ditty Mid another of' tho "liddisher" brand, deafinK With events on Vtho East side" in Kow York., Miss .Margaret Ca-rahor, tho po.ssessdr of a. t.miefn-1 soprano woice, contributt-d somo ijßceptablo vocal items. Tho Roiidas Trio added ~new ah.d startling features to their cl&vef 'trick^cvclin R tern'i and "thes;. Great (hizmani Tkk," acrobatiQ ' j'uggJws,. displayed their wonted skill in .a series of ».stdnisli.i;iig feats. Others w'ho coiitrib.Ut-.ed to tho progsamjno wero Delmur and Caßsan.drii, novelty slack- ' wire walkotfsj Clayton -aiid senos and dancers; .Leonard Nelscm, comedian; Litt-lo Molly, child <jnter-t.aii-wr; and Mr. Chas. Harrison, the ' winner of tho recent amateur competition, 'ilio .famo prOgrammo will bo ropeated to-night and On , following mghts this week. / THE KING'S THEATRE, A finely produced, eoloured film, der pfinclmg for its interest upon thiiißS :sa widely dissimilar as t-he taiigo danco and aviation fliglits, was tho central feature-of tiioi.iew programme screened at tho King's Theatro last evening;. It proyed a potent draw, for the biitldiMg was packed .in overy part The -.picture is entitled "King -o.f tho Air."' and the , thread of the connecting n.ari-at'ive concerns a , love affair, but this ie :quito subordinate to the tacidoijtal features, which hato hoen mentioned. The tango, rs danced by espertg. is so fa;i.thfullypictured that.loeal e.nt'husia.sts will havo no difßcuity in . le.aniing tho various Steps of this . .much-discussed dg-nco. Mesl peoplo, hofee-yor, will fijitl tho fly. ing scenes mare interesting. The ariation Derby (the Gold Cup <if th'o Aviation Club of Pat-is) is realistically portrayed. AeroplaijeS are slioWn engaged in a rftco from Paris to Holland and back again* This was an eient in whieh. Rome of. tho most famous aviator* iu tho. world competed. I.ii tho picture , ■ dozens-of aoropian.es aro shown in .grace« fill flight, and the later , scenes giro paiiora-njic glimpses of tho so-untry trhvsersed enr oute. These \vc.rc photogranhcd witli ti- -camoro carriod on one, of the aeroplanes -Portion of flic franio of the aorb.plano is risible,- poised abovo the. eountry-'sido, an.d it is seon to rapidly. Ovehaul and pass speeding molWis and express trafes. One beautiful scene is a hird'sreyo view of a .Dutch seaport town, of quaint liousw, with crowded wharves aiid bustling steamboats plying on a river.. SensationJovci's- -.are. catered for in. a scone whioh shosvsi.ait aoropianp falling to earths To all dpporance tho disaster is a genuine , .one , , ;and ! not oi.tho "fak.o" Variety, 'liiere.nfo sev , - cral good Bupptfrt.thg Tlw progrsmmo will be repeated until the eiid of the wepk. ■ 'BRITANNIA THEATRE. Th© leading film in. tho current programme at tljo Britaiimia is "Humanity," in wliioh Mr. John .Ijiwstfu is shown in his famous rolo of Silvani, the JciW. Tho story is: woven, round tljo vjllainmisness of one piitli.beft, a.nd tho clvarita-bkiiess of iSilysni, tho Jft#» Gu-thh.cr-t bdconies in'volved: in-aft :ft' triguo with Silvanr's wife.) and a .sensational denouement i's rpac.hed when -the villain is iinniaskcd. Thero is. a groat' stf iigglo betivcQU tho two nten, Cuthhort flings' a lamp at Silvajti, and In a. moment -the place is in (lanifes. .Up tlm Eta-irs. they pio, 'fighting thp while. . Out on. to a "bafcany tlioir totter, halfclioked With «mjokis. Back into a bodroom snd out again, and then down tlio hureing stavfreasbj until tho stai.rc:ii=ofalls in ilnmos ■ rind bu.rips fho -.combatsnti) in its rutus, Silva.ni survive* the- struggle. Other -fi-lrtis m tho bill arc ;■ : "Fortune's TuiMi" (% itagraph dfarrta}, "Qooley's Reward" (ftom<?4y)j ,! D4'. Mother Get Heif (comedy), and ••■Brushfliakiiig" iindustry). , THE ■E3IPREis~IHEATKB i '* The Sftlem Compaiiy is iibted for big ' acTvjoveiiichte in tho production of In* diatt. and milittt-ry Bp.e.c.tii.cular dramas, but "The Big Horn Massacre," thefeature of yssterda-y's \ntfw ,, progra'm'mo of the Jsb»pfes.s Tlreike coiitiiiubus pictures is stated to bo the greatest Work. yet accomplished by that qoiiipany. It is evidoiit that ciinsiderablis trouble has hoen takcii ■ in presenting tho plaiff which is sot aHiidst the natural sce.nio Klories of ths- rugged Big .Horn moiin> tain-Si in the wilds .of Wyoming, U-.5..A., fnad'o historic -by tho desperate fights,in tho 'seventies 'between ' the Siou'xi Indiiitts. and tho Government troops. 'The- ■ pa-no rStmiss in fbopictii.f& are.afffa.tn.fo in ifcbenisolvcs. ■ Au o)d-f:a§h&ricd: fort, ' built in the' early days to .provide .a, hayc'ii and it military post, is.tlie .ficc.iio nf' a terrific sttnelf b>; tho i'ii.furittted Indkn tribo. . Thfe opemng- scenes qc« ■ piefc. life in it -Sioux jarHfl, and depict fa-rious escitiiiß incidents, including a fieht between rival braves lor the haud of the chief's dntigliter. ...A tlirilliiie iittnck on this military post folic**,; and., driven qff, tho Indians now turn "their a-tteiitian to nn emigrant caravan. The settlors put lip a brave dpfen.ee, but they ftre oivtiinnibn«d) ft« 3 only tw6 escape. Tho soHfers reswond to t-lio ca(l for help, and the fribq is.Mniiist Kiced out. Tho u.nwindmp .of the: film takes over half an h.oii,r. Hundreds of .men. and horses fiftw*- in . tlio- haftlo scones, and the -pho.tofsrfipby 'is o,xbel« . lent A strong siipporlin's -pr.p-grrtm.mo iiichidns-; "The Detitor's Blind ■ Child" , - la pAthetic ilrama by I'ath.c.),,;; i'Oji- tho SJopes of MoiAsoriy" .(sbenic)-, and;f %ome No-rv-o" (Koystoiib fe.atur'Q- conv-" , ; ■ e'dv). New selections'-.by tho orchestra', wiili 'be ■contributed tivis -evening,' '